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[Darren Bradnock]

Wellington city from Oriental Bay

Lyall Bay

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Gorgeous colours.

 

[Kev Pugh]

These I like, especially the third one, the reflections are more effective in that one..

 

[Hamish Gill]

These I like, especially the third one, the reflections are more effective in that one..

Agreed, the wet sand seems to really help!

Is that flash light in the foreground of the second?

 

[Ralph Thornton]

They got better and better as I scrolled down. Love that 3rd image.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Stunning skies as well - lovely grads and so clean and crisp.

The reflections in #3 are superb

 

[Darren Bradnock]

Thanks everyone.

Yeah i used the flash in the foreground on the 2nd shot, not 100% but it wasn't a planned shot so ran out of time to try and get the right position.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I was going to say it may be a touch bright ...
If you use lightroom a very simple gradient with a touch down on the exposure and a very slight tone would bring it down to a much more natural level and colour ..

 

[Jim Kuo]

Lovely landscape shots!

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Darren. I can't add much to what has already been said but I do like the 'oily' water in the first shot very much.

 

[Darren Bradnock]

How's this Hamish?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Spot on! Much more natural I think
What method did you use to acheive it?

 

[Darren Bradnock]

Just used the grad filter tool to knock back the exposure and add a warmer color.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ah good stuff ... Wasn't sure if you were LR user...
Took me ages to work out that grads could be toned, it's a nice feture I think
Same with the local adjustment toning... Usefully if you have some nasty highlight clipping spots where you don't want them, they can have the edge just slightly taken off them with a toned local adjustment